Cummings and Sears
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Cummings and Sears was an architecture firm in 19th-century Boston
, Massachusetts
, established by Charles Amos Cummings
and Willard T. Sears
.
In the 1860s they kept an office in the Studio Building
on Tremont Street, moving in the 1870s to Pemberton Square
.
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, established by Charles Amos Cummings
Charles Amos Cummings
Charles Amos Cummings , is a nineteenth century American architect and architectural historian who worked primarily in the Venetian Gothic style. Cummings followed the precepts of British cultural theorist and architectural critic John Ruskin...
and Willard T. Sears
Willard T. Sears
Willard Thomas Sears was a prominent New England architect of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who worked primarily in the Gothic Revival and Renaissance Revival styles....
.
In the 1860s they kept an office in the Studio Building
Studio Building (Boston, Massachusetts)
The Studio Building on Tremont Street in Boston, Massachusetts, housed artists' studios, theatre companies and other businesses in the 19th century. It "held the true Bohemia of Boston, where artists and literati delighted to gather." Among the tenants were portraitist E.T...
on Tremont Street, moving in the 1870s to Pemberton Square
Pemberton Square (Boston)
Pemberton Square in the Government Center area of Boston, Massachusetts, was developed by P.T. Jackson in 1835 as an architecturally uniform mixed-use enclave surrounding a small park. In the mid-19th century both private residences and businesses dwelt there...
.
Designed—Built by Cummings & Sears
- Capen Primary School-House, 6th and I St., Boston, 1871
- New England Hospital for Women and ChildrenNew England Hospital for Women and ChildrenNew England Hospital for Women and Children was opened in Boston, Massachusetts on July 1, 1862 by Dr. Marie Zakrzewska and Ednah Dow Cheney. The Hospital remained dedicated to women and children until the 1950s when it became financially deficient and after recommendations from the United...
, Boston, 1872 - New Old South Church, Boston, 1873
- Congregational House, corner Beacon and Somerset St., Boston, 1873
- Bedford Block, Boston, 1874
- Phillips AcademyPhillips AcademyPhillips Academy is a selective, co-educational independent boarding high school for boarding and day students in grades 9–12, along with a post-graduate year...
chapel, Andover, Massachusetts, 1876 - Tyn-Y-Coed and Tyn-Y-Maes, Campobello Island, Canada, 1882-1883
- Cyclorama BuildingCyclorama BuildingThe Cyclorama Building is an 1884 building at 543-547 Tremont Street in Boston, Massachusetts that is operated by the Boston Center for the Arts.-History:...
, Boston, 1884 - Sears Building addition, Boston, 1891
- Macullar, Parker & Co. building, no.400 Washington St., Boston
- C.A. Cummings' dining room, Boston
- Hotel Boylston, Boston
- Montgomery Building, Boston